U.S. Meetings and Event Travel: Where They Work, Stay and Play

Summary

The meetings and event industry has been a particularly hard-hit subset of the travel industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. This travel research report delves into the U.S. meetings and event marketplace dynamics and opportunities. The research examines traveler motivations, preferences, planning behaviors and spend patterns during pre-pandemic times, so industry stakeholders have benchmarks to consider when meetings and event travel returns.

Based on a survey of meetings and event travelers, along with interviews with executives across the sector, the report also provides lodging spend and forecasts for the U.S. meetings and event segment through 2023. 

For more on meetings and event travel, see COVID-19 Pandemic: An Unwelcome Event in Meetings & Event Travel.